Expectations for Graduates and Guests
Before and During the
Graduation Ceremony

1. No items will be allowed into the auditorium that could interfere with someone else's viewing, enjoyment, or safety during the graduation ceremony.  (Examples are:  balloons, signs, noise-making devices, flowers in glass vases, etc.)
2. All graduates must have both a cap and a gown to march during the ceremony.
3. No decorated caps or gowns will be allowed.
4. Cords and stoles worn by graduates must be approved by Catawba County Schools and musts be worn properly draped.
5. Gowns should not be worn until you are inside the facility at CVCC.  (Every student will be checked for inappropriate items).
6. Graduates will not be allowed to wear bandanas, do rags, sunglasses, ball caps, flip flops, or tennis shoes.
7. Graduates may not wear jewelry outside of their gowns.
8. No drinks or bottled water will be allowed inside the building before or during the ceremony.

Appropriate Graduate Dress

• Males - White shirt with collar, necktie, dark dress pants, and dress shoes

• Females - A dress or dark dress pants with an appropriate shirt and dress shoes

Any item or any person that jeopardizes the dignity,
integrity, or safety of the graduation ceremony
will be removed from the ceremony.

All students are expected to behave in a positive and courteous
manner before, during, and after the ceremony.

Disruptive behavior by graduates or guests will result in removal
from the graduation ceremony.